Who Got To Ride Today?

Me? Nope. This guy? Hell yeah, and in drier weather than we had here in Fred Wing. Mark squeezed in his December ride near Fun Du Sac, 'Sconsin. Look, Ma... no snow, neither!!!! (But snow on the grass is OK, though; it covers a lot of dog pooh.) Mark has officially joined the Early Spring Rider's Faction of the Red Wing Ironworks Motorbike Club.

Zen And The Art of Smithsonian

The Zen bike from Robert Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" is landing at the mother ship of all things culturally significant: the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Story here:

Zen Bike

Pirsig, born in Minneapolis, wrote "Zen" as both a narrative of a motorcycle trip with his son and his personal beliefs in philosophy. It is the book that needs to be in every motorcycle library.

First Ride of the Spring Was Today

What happens the day after the winter solstice? The days get longer. We interpret that as the start of spring. Winter? That is for the weak. It is an up hill ride from here. Yep, we hit some roads today to get that first ride of the spring knocked off. January, you're next.

Patches? Hell Yah, We Got 'Em

Yep, I am a whore for t-shirts and stickers. Little Timmy? He is a whore for patches. Yep, and we got some right here. Iron-on, no less. Who messes with sewing stuff any more any way?

Approved club patch....

Almost approved club patch.....

From the Dept. of Holy Balls

Forecast is for 47 degrees on Sunday. Merry Christmas from Mother Nature. Yep, plans are afoot to do some riding on Sunday. How about Caribou Coffee Red Wing at 10, kick stands up at 11-ish or so thereabouts. If you miss out riding, yer cards from the Man-Up Union of America will be revoked.

Xmas Lights

The proper ones for the holiday season....

Guess Who Visited Bob's Java Hut?

Bob Dog, that's who.

When Is Motorcycle Movie Night?

Why, my friend, it is this Saturday, Dec. 14 at Scot's lovely abode. Start time is the usual 7 p.m. There will be movies, crocktails, beer and assorted mayhem. And who knows, maybe Santa will show?

What Some Of Us Do In Winter

Go for a ride....This thought brought to you by Random Motorcycle Picture of the Day.

Just Like Grandma's House....

...A good time was had be all. Good turn out last night at Parallel Cafe in Mpls. for Triumph to unveil a couple of bikes, catch up with friends old and new, discuss riding exploits of the past year and develop some plans for 2020. In pictures, here you go:

Wind, snow? Who cares. The masses came out.

The Usual Suspects.

Sorta like the red carpet at a Hollywood unveiling.

Not a great picture of the Scrambler itself, but this is what it
would look like if someone rode it to the event. (Except for green trees in background.)

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Bike were all cool, but this was the interesting part of the evening: watching glass blowers in action.

Checking out the Bobber.

A revised version of the Street Triple. Artsy-fartsy picture.

Was it mentioned that Triumph did pretty well in Moto2 this year? Oh, it did, and will be back next year. I have the Daytona 765 on the Xmas list. Someone convince Fair Marie it is needed.... help a brother out.

My dog thinks this is his bike. And, yes, I do have dog named Bob.

Better Scrambler picture. Yep, on my Xmas list, too.  And probably this guy's as well.